2 Samuel 7:21 (GNV)

Passage

For thy words sake, and according to thine owne heart hast thou done all these great things, to make them knowen vnto thy seruant.

Nearby Context

2 Samuel 7:19 And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord God, therefore thou hast spoken also of thy seruants house for a great while: but doth this appertaine to man, O Lord God?

2 Samuel 7:20 And what can Dauid say more vnto thee? for thou, Lord God, knowest thy seruant.

2 Samuel 7:21 For thy words sake, and according to thine owne heart hast thou done all these great things, to make them knowen vnto thy seruant.

2 Samuel 7:22 Wherefore thou art great, O Lord God: for there is none like thee, neither is there any God besides thee, according to all that wee haue heard with our eares.

2 Samuel 7:23 And what one people in the earth is like thy people, like Israel? whose God went and redeemed them to himselfe, that they might be his people, and that hee might make him a name, and do for you great things, and terrible for thy land, O Lord, euen for thy people, whome thou redeemedst to thee out of Egypt, from the nations, and their gods?

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "words", "sake", "thine", "owne", "heart", "hast", "thou", and "done". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "words" and "sake", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 20's "And what can Dauid say more vnto..." into verse 22's "Wherefore thou art great O Lord God...", so "words" and "sake" belong inside that flow. In 2 Samuel context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "words" and "sake" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.